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Vicky Keahy, president of InSync Exotics, visitsTacoma, a 13-year-old Siberian tiger, in his enclosure at InSync Exotics animal preserve Monday, March 18, 2013, in Wylie, Texas. Tacoma is the first tiger in the US to go through a nerve surgery to alleviate pain caused from hip dysplasia. Keahy rescues tigers, lions, cheetahs and other exotic animals that people thought they could keep as pets. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)
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